Careful Who You Argue With On T'internet !!

[Northern Red]

I don't understand poker, can someone teach me how to play?

7-2 is a great hand, fold everything else.

[Barry Scott]

Ralphy, best way to learn, at least in terms of how the game plays, download some poker software and play for fake money.

A good place to play demo tournaments is Absolutepoker.com

When you've won your first fake million though, don't then decide to play for real money, you'd lose your money in minutes.

Before progressing to real money you need to fully understand hand value, position and odds. Then you need to use these against your opponents at the right times while throwing them the odd curve ball.

Anyway, fuck that and my going on, play demo, you'll fucking love it.

[Ralphy]

I'll bear that in mind. All my mates play and i don't want to play if i'm crap at it!

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

i always play for free. good shizzle and you can't lose really coz there aint any money on it

[Ralphy]

My mates play for cigarettes!

[Ben Wah Balls]

I can teach you Ralphy. The best hand in the game is actually 10 5 offsuit, this is because it can make every possible straight from ace,2,3,4,5 to 10, jack, queen, king, ace and as it's unsuited it can make flushes of two different suits so it's obviously better than 10 5 suited which can only make a flush of one suit.

I charge £10 an hour for lessons.

[juddie]

always play 10-5, great hand. I played last night for a pot of £60. I made it to last two and was short-stacked and flopped a pair of queens. I went all in and got done by two pairs 9s and 2s!

Poker is the greatest thing ever: fact.

[Barry Scott]

I like that style. You can't fail to win playing tight methodical poker like that. My attitude is that every single hand has equal opportunity of being the nuts.

Take pocket 2s. The flop could all be suited over cards, but you could catch running 2's. I'd be all in should someone think about betting on the flop, such is the potential of these hands.